.... It blamed heightened political uncertainty, with the “complexity of Brexit becoming much more apparent”. Lucian Cook, the head of UK residential research at Savills, said: “Uncertainty fuelled by Brexit and a weakened government mandate since the June election means sentiment is fragile. ...

....99 a month. 4 Bundle vs unbundle Sky, BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk all offer bundles where you pay a monthly price for a phone line, broadband and a selection of TV channels (sometimes you can add a mobile too). ...

....The news on the employment front has been almost universally good in the past six months. So strong has been the recent surge in employment that the government is now on track for the first time to reach the goal set by Tony Abbott at the 2013 election of 1 million jobs in five years:. ...

.... It has been doubly true since the collapse of official borrowing costs in the 10 years since the financial crisis to barely more than zero. PFI deals were dreamed up when Britain crashed out of the exchange rate mechanism 25 years ago and were falling out of favour with the Tories when Gordon Brown backed them strongly following the 1997 election. ...

....Analysis by the Centre for Health and the Public Interest suggests PFI contracts – a way of financing large-scale infrastructure projects, including schools and hospitals, widely used under Conservative and Labour governments over the past two decades – have generated £831m in profits for private sector firms in the health sector over the past six years alone. Private finance initiative deals were introduced in 1992 under the Tory government of John Major, before becoming widespread under Tony Blair’s Labour administration after the 1997 election. ...

....So what do BAME leaders feel is the best way forward? Some stress the importance of performing well in their prominent roles to advance the cause. As Athwal says: “When it gets to the next election you want them to say: ‘Oh, we had a Sikh guy last time. ...

....Yet – unlike, it seems, the recent devaluation – the 1967 one, thought disastrous for the reputation of the government, was a success from the point of view of (eventually) correcting the trade deficit. Unfortunately for Labour, however, some freak trade figures published on the eve of the 1970 general election enabled the tabloid press to proclaim “Britain Back in the Red”. ...

....While Britons may have fallen out of love with the M&S clothing range in recent years, they have been flocking to its food aisles to pick up ingredients for an evening meal rather than do a big weekly shop. M&S has been selling a selection of party food and alcohol on its website for some time, but this is the first time its wider grocery range, including staples such as bread and milk, have been available online. ...

....The money, alleged to have been given in brown envelopes, was said to have funded Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign. The “Bettencourt affair” tarnished the latter half of Sarkozy’s presidency, and when he lost the 2012 election he was placed under formal investigation for illegal campaign financing and taking advantage of Bettencourt. ...

....The outspoken chief executive repeated apologies to about 315,000 passengers and admitted the airline had made a “major boo boo”. But his contrition did not appear to have appease all investors, some of whom voted against the company’s remuneration report and the re-election of board members. ...

....But the scrapping of 2,000 flights across Europe, 702 of these to and from Italy, between now and the end of October, has raised questions as to whether Ryanair would be capable of reviving Alitalia. With the sale of the airline likely to become a political sticking point as Italy prepares for a general election before May 2018, the transport minister, Graziano Delrio, said the impact of the cancellations was “very serious”. ...

.... They are four times as likely to rent privately than two generations ago, a sector which has the worst record for housing quality, the report claims. The report’s authors argue that the housing crisis is a huge part of public anxiety about the country’s direction, a factor in the result of the EU referendum last year and in the general election in June. ...

....The new rules, which were published in a consultation document on Tuesday, also give companies, unions and other employee representatives more time to respond to bids in changes which follow the controversial £115bn attempted takeover of Unilever by Kraft Heinz earlier this year. Ahead of the general election in June, the Conservatives promised that deals driven by “aggressive asset-stripping or tax avoidance” would no longer be welcome. ...

....The detail of the Treasury select committee inquiry is still being worked out but Morgan said her ambition was take evidence “not just sitting in London”. When she was standing to become chair of the committee after the election, Morgan had flagged the issue of household debt as one of the areas she felt needed closer examination. ...

.... Here are five reasons why investors are buying into shares. Donald Trump’s proposals for tax cuts and a spending spree to boost the US economy gave some impetus to stock markets after his election, but his inability to pass key reforms – notably on healthcare – raised doubts about his other plans. ...

.... Ed Miliband, a leader of the Thwart Rupert campaign, sees no regulatory end in sight. “Our broadcasting code is not enough protection because its impartiality rules can’t take account of story selection, tone or prominence. ...

.... They argue that when Angela Merkel said earlier this year that the unity of Europe was paramount – which meant maintaining the free movement of goods, services, capital and labour within the union’s borders – the German leader’s hard line was largely due to the unrest then evident in much of Europe. The French, Dutch and German general elections lay ahead, the Five Star movement had won big in Italy’s local elections on a platform of quitting the euro, and Poland was becoming an increasingly detached neighbour, receding into a form of Catholic feudalism. ...

....European leaders also want to push on with eurozone reforms. Two days after the German elections on 24 September, Macron is expected to set out a detailed blueprint of his ideas, which include a eurozone finance minister and parliament. ...

.... This has not, however, dimmed the anger of some of the business who have been complaining for years about GRG’s treatment. Bailey and colleagues will be called next month to give evidence to the new committee, which held its first meeting since the general election on Thursday. ...

.... That disconnect was expertly exploited by the president, who, despite his many lies, had the advantage of being a political “outsider” who told some important truths about the economy that resonated with voters. Months before the election, he proclaimed that there was a “big bubble” in the market, fueled by “cheap money” that could cause a “massive recession” when it bursts. ...

....”. Criado-Perez told the Guardian said: “This represents so much more than a banknote: the Bank of England changed their entire selection procedure to make sure an all-male line-up would never happen again. ...

....Quintain admits that many tenants will be “paying a premium for the lifestyle,” but it says 32% of the planned homes at Wembley Park will be affordable. This is a higher proportion than seen at many other London developments, and just below the 35% target set by the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan - down from his election promise of 50%. ...

....Campaigners have called on the government to do more. The prime minister had pledged a price cap on energy bills for 17m families during the general election campaign but the policy was missing from the Queen’s speech. ...